Fanan team releases Sampler Arena - Modular Sampling Workshop for Windows and macOS

Fanan team has released Sampler Arena, describing it as a modular sampling workshop for Windows and macOS.

Sampler Arena is a focused sampling station that turns VSTi instruments sounds into ready-to-use SFZ patches. The user loads any VST3\VST2 instrument, hit start, and walk away. By using its automatic sampling module, Sampler Arena drives every key, captures every velocity, names every file, and writes a SFZ patch the user then can load into any sampler on any platform. Also, it can automatically sample chord libraries from arpeggiators and sequencers or skip recording entirely and assemble SFZ patches from audio files the user already owns. One tool, three workflows.

The Sampling Methods

The user chooses how they want to build their patch with the mode selector at the top of the sampling tab:

• VSTi Sampling captures audio from any connected virtual instrument across every selected key and velocity layer. helpful for archiving instruments or making lightweight versions of CPU-heavy synths.
• Chord Sampling captures complete chord patterns from instruments like Virtual Guitarist, Strum GS-2, or arpeggio engines. Choose any combination of 18 chord types - Major, Minor, 7th, Dim, Sus, Add9 and more - and Sampler Arena drives each chord at every root note automatically.

Sample Builder skips recording entirely. Drag and drop your own audio files into per-key slots, name them, set velocity layers, and Sampler Arena assembles a complete SFZ patch in seconds.

The Visual Keyboard - Your Control Center

A full 128-note virtual keyboard sits at the heart of the sampling tab. The user clicks keys to toggle them as sample points. Drags-select ranges of notes. Right-click any key to audition the instrument live. The integrated zone graph shows colored bars for every sampled region with draggable yellow boundary markers - including the leftmost and rightmost edges - so the user can fine-tune exactly which keys each sample covers. Velocity is captured by user's click position on the key itself: top of the key for soft, bottom for loud, just like a real piano.

The Unified Edit Button - Everything Per Key, In One Place

Each selected key gets a single golden "E" button that opens a per-key editor with every customization option in one clean popup. Velocity layer overrides, duration overrides, key shift adjustments, custom output names, and sample slot management - all behind one click, organized by mode. The button glows gold when any per-key override is active, so the user always knows which keys have been customized at a glance.

The SFZ Player With Loop Sync - A Sampler Built In

Sampler Arena ships with a complete SFZ playback engine for testing patches before exporting. The user loads any SFZ patch and play it instantly with full polyphony or monophonic portamento, AHDSR amplitude/filter/pitch envelopes, state-variable filter with keyboard tracking, three independent LFOs for vibrato and modulation, and pitch bend with configurable range. The standout feature: Loop Sync mode plays loop-based SFZ patches in accurate tempo lock with pitch fully preserved using high-quality WSOLA time-stretching. Drum loops, guitar strums, rhythmic phrases - all stretch in real time to match user's master tempo or any target BPM.

Auto-Sampling That Just Works

The user has just to press "Start" and Sampler Arena handles the rest:

• Silence Detection automatically trims dead space at the end of each note - no more long tails of silence in your samples.
• Configurable Duration with absolute milliseconds or tempo-synced bars for rhythm-based instruments.
• Automatic Loop Finder analyzes each recording and embeds professional-quality loop points directly into the SFZ.
• Fade-Out On End prevents clicks and pops on note release.
• Multiple Bit Depths from 16 to 24-bit PCM, with sample rate override for upsampling or downsampling.
• Stereo, Mono Left, or Mono Mix capture modes for any source type.

The Node Rack

The Node Rack allows building any signal chain the user needs with the node-based graph canvas inherited from Fanan's Colosseum DNA. The user can drop in VST3 plugins from any folder without scanning. Wire MIDI, audio, and sidechain pins with intuitive drag-and-drop connections. Magnetic snap keeps user's graph tidy. Container nodes let the user group complex chains into clean modules. Right-click anywhere for a tooltip explaining what every button does - the interface teaches itself.

Main Features:

• Three sampling modes: VSTi Sampling, Chord Sampling, Sample Builder.
• 18 chord types with Select All / Clear All for chord library creation.
• Drag-and-drop file loading for Sample Builder mode.
• Full SFZ patch generation with loop points, key zones, and velocity layers.
• Built-in SFZ Player with WSOLA-powered tempo-locked Loop Sync.
• Visual zone editor with draggable boundary markers on every edge.
• Per-key customization for velocity, duration, key shift, and output naming.
• Automatic silence detection and loop point finder.
• Tempo-synced sampling in bars or absolute milliseconds.
• 16 or 24-bit PCM output with stereo, mono left, or mono mix capture.
• Right-click audition with velocity-sensitive playback.
• VST3 plugin hosting with no-scan-needed direct loading.
• ASIO and CoreAudio support with rock-solid low-latency operation.
• Universal Mac build for Apple Silicon and Intel.
• Node-based signal routing inherited from Colosseum.
• MIDI Multi Filter, Monitor, Virtual Keyboard, Stereo Meter, and Container tools.
• Persistent presets including all custom settings and sample slots.
• Crash protection for unstable VSTis and unclean shutdowns.

• Custom dark amber-gold theme designed for long sessions.

Pricing & Availability

Sampler Arena is available for Windows and macOS for $15.